banale

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.nal/

• Audio (CAN)

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• Homophones: banal, banals, banales

Adjective

banale

1. feminine singular of banal

Anagrams

• Albane

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

banale

1. inflection of banal:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French banal, derived from ban (“declaration, announcement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈna.le/
• Rhymes: -ale
• Hyphenation: ba‧nà‧le

Adjective

banale (plural banali, superlative banalissimo)

1. banal, cliché, trite
2. trivial, unimportant, mere, ordinary, common
3. dull, uninteresting (of person)
4. (mathematics) said of a solution of a problem that is trivial, e.g. when variables are all zero

Synonyms

• comune, ovvio, ordinario, prevedibile, scontato, trito, triviale

Antonyms

• eccezionale, importante, interessante, nuovo, straordinario

Related terms

• banalità
• banalizzare
• banalmente

Further reading

• banale in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• balena